Jabavu, Noni (1919–)
Jabavu, Noni (1919–)
South African memoirist. Born Helen Nontando "Noni" Jabavu in 1919, Eastern Cape, South Africa; m. Michael Cadbury Crosfield (English film director).
Born into well-educated Xhosa family and educated in England, worked in radio and tv; traveled with film director husband and lived in Uganda; works, which place personal history within context of Xhosa culture and history, include Drawn in Colour: African Contrasts (1960) and The Ochre People: Scenes from a South African Life (1963).
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